Easy Strawberries Romanoff

posted by Kalyn Denny on May 15, 2015

Easy Strawberries Romanoff are one of my best memories of working at Le Parisien Restaurant in Salt Lake City, and this easy summer dessert has been a hit with everyone I’ve made it for! And this tasty dessert is gluten-free and very kid-friendly! Use the Diet-Type Index to find more recipes like this one.

When I keep noticing ripe juicy strawberries every time I go to the market, I start thinking about Strawberries Romanoff, a dessert that I learned to make in college, when I worked at a French restaurant in Salt Lake called Le Parisien. The restaurant closed in 2001, but I have great memories of the place, and Strawberries Romanoff was one of their signature desserts.

The restaurant served the strawberries with small bowls of sour cream and brown sugar for dipping, but through the years I developed a preference for whisking the brown sugar and sour cream together and mixing it with the cut strawberries. Now that I’m not eating much sugar, I make this with sour cream and Golden Monkfruit Sweetener (or sometimes a mixture of Stevia In the Raw Granulated Sweetener or Granulated Monkfruit Sweetener and a little brown sugar.) Of course you can also use regular brown sugar or another type of sweetener of your choice. Make this soon, while you can still get those ripe juicy strawberries that taste so good this time of year.

You need juicy ripe red strawberries for the best flavor. If you can get locally grown strawberries, even better. Cut the strawberries into halves or fourths to make same-size pieces.

Then whisk together the sour cream and Stevia (or other sweetener) and brown sugar (or all brown sugar if you prefer) and combine with strawberries. That’s it!

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Easy Strawberries Romanoff made with all Stevia or another approved sweetener, would be Phase two or three for the South Beach diet. This maybe be too high in carbs for traditional low-carb diets, although berries are lower in carbs than many fruits.

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This brings back memories. I remember eating strawberries with my family when I was young by dipping the strawberries in sour cream followed by brown sugar. What a treat it was! This sound like another great way to enjoy that flavour combo.

Kaylyn,My first experience with Le Parisien was on a date in college. My date got the escargot for an appetizer and insisted I try it. It was delicious (cooked in garlic and butter, how can it not taste great?) but it turns out I'm allergic to shellfish, and at least for my immune system snails fall into that category. Not fun. However, I forgave my date and still get to use the "he poisoned me on our first date" story every once in a while since he is now my dear husband. Thanks for the recipes! I really enjoy reading your blog!

SaysPhoebe, I don't know how I do it either, I promise I do not have any tracking devides planted in your kitchen! I do try to use things that are in season and focus the blog around common foods and ingredients that most people will have around, so that might help. But most of all, I'm glad to hear it's working out for you.

Kalyn, I don't know how you do it. I've decided you are either a food clairvoyant or the two of us have a psychic food connection!

The day my husband brought home artichokes you posted an artichoke recipe. When I pull pork chops out of the freezer, I find that you've posted a recipe to try. When I bought a bag of avocados at Costco, you were there the next day with a great recipe (and a couple of great tips!). More often than not, it seems we're on the same page somehow, as evidenced by your post today. Yesterday, I went to Costco and bought strawberries and last night we rented the movie, "Nicholas and Alexandra" about the last tsar of Russia. Today… Strawberries Romanoff! LOL

Like I said, I don't know how you do it, but this is why I keep coming back! Good recipes that fit the way we live! Thanks! 🙂

I too loved the La Parisien. My husband took me there on one of our first dates, over 30 years ago. I’m definitely going to try this recipe, though I never had it at the restaurant. I was too full from the onion soup, salad with his signature dressing and the pepper steak.

Chris, what a nice tribute to Max. I was sad to be out of town when they had his funeral or I surely would have attended. I hope I’m remembering it right, but I think I worked there from about 1977 – 1985. I worked there when I was getting my teaching certificate and kept working there a few nights a week for several years after I started teaching in 1979. Reading your post, I wonder if I might have known your parents?